Thu. 01/27 - The History of “sus” is… pretty sus

What’s up with the drastically different predictions for this weekend’s Nor’easter, and how is snowfall measured anyways? Plus, the sus-prisingly long history of the term “sus.” And, sometimes pre-ordering a book does not mean you’ll get it right on the publication date. Like when the shipping container it was being transported in sinks to the bottom of the ocean, for example.

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Links:

• How is snowfall measured? A meteorologist explains how volunteers tally up winter storms (The Conversation)
• Why This Weekend's Bomb Cyclone Snow Forecast Is So Challenging (Gizmodo) 
• Why Northeast Winter Storms Can Be Difficult to Forecast (Weather.com)
• How do we tell how much snow fell in a storm? (The Verge)
• What does 'sus' mean? (Merriam-Webster)
• Sus meaning: 'Among Us' catchphrase has a controversial past (Inverse)
• sus | suss, n. (Oxford English Dictionary)
• Thread on 'sus' (with original illustrations!) (Austin Kleon, Twitter)
• Thanks for Preordering! Your Cookbook Is at the Bottom of the Atlantic Ocean (Eater)
• Turkey and the Wolf's Hotly Anticipated Cookbook Delayed After Copies Sink in the Atlantic (Eater New Orleans)
• Large swell in 22-knot wind caused idling Madrid Bridge to roll and lose boxes (The Loadstar)
• Kottke.Org
• Jackson Bird on Twitter

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